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Chapter 1886 Models of Ancient Roman Art
The sculptures of Laocoon were created according to the depiction in Virgil's masterpiece "Iniert".

In Virgil's poem, the Greek "Trojan horse trick" was seen through by Laocoon, the priest of Troy.

He tried his best to warn and dissuade the king not to bring the wooden horse into the city.

But the Trojans rejected his advice and brought the wooden horse into the city, which eventually led to the capture of Troy by the Greeks.

Laocoon's recognition of the scheme and his dissuasion to Troy offended Athena, the protector of the Greeks.

Later, Athena sent two giant snakes to wrap Laocoon and his son to death.

What the work describes is this tragic scene.

A giant snake was viciously biting Laocoon's belly, Laocoon's left hand tightly grasped the snake's neck, trying to pull it away.

He lifted the snake high with his right hand, trying to get rid of its entanglement.

On the left, his eldest son is reaching out to him for help, while the younger son on the right is entangled and bitten by a giant snake, unable to struggle.

Laocoon saw his son's expression on the verge of death being tortured by a giant snake, and he was bitten and entangled and was powerless to save him. The pain in mind and body was written on his face.

His face was twisted and deformed, he opened his mouth and screamed loudly, and his muscles twitched in pain.

This group of sculptures is full of tense and tragic atmosphere, and is the most outstanding masterpiece in the history of human sculpture.

In the eyes of countless artists and scholars, the most amazing thing about Laocoon's group sculptures is that they perfectly express human dynamics and emotions with their proficient techniques.

Its richness, depth and typicality are beyond the reach of other classical relics that can be seen at that time, and it can be called a model of ancient Roman art.

Seeing such a good imitation statue, Chen Wenzhe was really amazed.

Seeing it, it actually gave Chen Wenzhe the feeling of seeing the Niu Hu Bronze Case.

People in our country believe in ancestors, and the best thing we hope for is family affection, which is different from Westerners.

Next, there are some Western classics imitated, such as the Rodovich sarcophagus reliefs.

It can be seen from this thing that both the East and the West are full of curiosity, awe, and hope for the world after death.

Otherwise, they wouldn't make the tomb so luxurious after death.

Rodovic sarcophagus reliefs, belonging to sarcophagus reliefs, reflect the rise of sarcophagus reliefs in the Roman Empire.

The content of the relief shows the battle of the Romans against the so-called aliens, that is, the Goths, in the middle of the third century AD.

After a fierce struggle between the two sides, the Romans finally won.

The defeated Goths died and were wounded, full of tragic atmosphere.

Cremation was originally popular among the Romans, but since Emperor Hadrian, burial has gradually become popular.

There are many sarcophagi after the middle of the 2nd century AD, and they are getting bigger and bigger.

The reliefs on the sarcophagus are also more complicated, which shows that since the middle of the 2nd century AD, the Roman Empire has become more and more rich in burials.

Who is the owner of the sarcophagus, because the empire was in crisis at that time, and the throne was frequently changed, it is impossible to verify.

The modeling features of the relief are different from the true portrayal of the monumental reliefs of the early empire.

Instead, there is neither background nor necessary layers, the composition is messy, and the crowd is disorderly and dense, giving people a feeling of sluggishness and breathlessness.

But it was the most famous among the sarcophagus reliefs at that time.

Sometimes, even though they are thousands of miles apart, people's thoughts can be understood, such as thick burials, such as some buildings.

For example, the ancient Chinese watches are also reflected in the West. Of course, Westerners do not make Chinese watches, but memorial columns.

One of the more famous is Trajan's Column, which is a building from the Roman Empire era and is located in Rome, the capital of Italy today.

Emperor Trajan of the Horse (reigned from 98 to 117 AD) built Trajan's Square to show off his conquest of the Daji people (who lived on the west coast of the Black Sea).

In the courtyard of the library in the square, Trajan's Column is erected.

The column is made of marble, with a total height of 43 meters including the base.

The bottom diameter of the column body is 3.7 meters, and the height is 29.47 meters, surrounded by 23 turns of embossed friezes.

The total length of the sash is 200 meters, the lower sash is 0.89 meters wide, and the lower part is 1.25 meters wide to correct for parallax.

Ancient Roman statues can be said to be an important part of ancient Western civilization.

Throughout the history of the development of world sculpture, ancient Roman sculpture art has made outstanding contributions to the history of world sculpture art.

The remarkable feature of ancient Roman sculpture is that it not only inherited and carried forward the traditional sculpture style of ancient Greece, but also came down in one continuous line with ancient Greece.

He also integrated the ancient Roman native Etruscan sculpture art and copper casting and stone carving skills.

It played an indispensable role as a bridge and link between ancient Greece and the Middle Ages.

Throughout the history of Roman development, sculpture art still has a very high status in social life, and there are currently more sculptures in existence.

From the perspective of expressiveness, one of the characteristics of ancient Roman sculpture is the pursuit of real beauty.

Roman sculpture followed the tradition of Greek sculpture pursuing "true beauty", but it was more secular than the sculpture of the Greek period.

During the Roman period, many military strategists or politicians asked sculptors to create portraits for them, and even the Romans often used sculptures to preserve the images of the dead.

This objectively took another solid step on the road of realism.

The achievements of Roman sculpture are mainly manifested in portrait sculpture and monument sculpture.

These portrait sculptures are not only similar in shape, but also pay great attention to expressing the character characteristics of the characters.

The more famous ones are "Full Body Portrait of Augustus" and "Caracalla Portrait".

At this time, in commemorative sculptures, grandeur and solemnity replaced the elegance and elegance of the past.

In addition, the noble aristocratic atmosphere is more expressed in ancient Roman sculpture art.

Most of the statue models are famous families, emperors and generals.

Although its characters are completely opposite to the vivid and beautiful dynamic beauty portrayed in Greek sculpture, Roman sculpture emphasizes realism and individuality.

From the perspective of statue types, the ancient Romans were better at portrait sculpture.

The reason can be divided into two aspects. First, because of worshiping their ancestors, the Romans had already used plaster or wax to remove molds from dead faces, painted them into realistic masks, and placed them at home.

Second, the Roman rulers tried their best to show off their personal authority and create a personality cult.

Therefore, sculptors are good at using exaggerated and generalized artistic techniques and abandoning the modified part.

Starting from the essence of the characters, they delicately depict the characters and enhance the visual sense of movement, so that the works can leave a more profound and straightforward impression on people.

First, there are different degrees of secularization.

The pursuit of objective and true beauty in Greek sculpture has reached its peak.

Roman sculpture inherited the tradition of Greek sculpture pursuing "real beauty", but it was more realistic than the sculpture in the Greek period.

By 146 BC, the ancient Greek sculpture art retreated from the stage of historical art, and the era of the ancient Roman Empire began, and Roman art had its own appearance.

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